Improvement in methods of making barrels



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Methods oflaking Barrels.

No.156,926-. Patent edNov.17,1874.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ISRAEL HOGELAND, OF INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA.

IMPROVEMENT IN METHODS OF MAKING BARRELS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent Nol56,926, dated November17, 1874; application filed May 9, 1874.

To all whom it may concern:

Beitknown thatI, ISRAEL HOGELAND, of Indianapolis, in the county ofMarion and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Method of Making Barrels; and I do hereby declare thatthe following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, that willenable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and usethe same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to theletters of reference marked put up into barrel form, and held in placeby means of contracting hoops.

My invention relates to an improved method of making barrels, kegs, orother packages from slabs or veneers of boiled or steamed lumber whileyet in a moist state, and afterward allowing the same to become properlyseasoned Without the usual delay of waiting for the drying of materialin ricks 0r kilns.

The manner of proceeding is as follows: Veneers or slab sheets, cut fromlogs of boiled or steamed wood by means of a veneercutting machine, arepresented to a gang of circular saws of various sizes secured upon thesame mandrel. By the peculiar arrangement of the teeth of these saws,which is set forth in Patent No. 149,932, the lower sides of the slitsor kerfs made by them will be wider than the upper side when the veneeror slab is presented to the saws in a proper manner,'and this gives therequired bevel to the sides of each kerf, so that when these parts areall bound together by the hoops they will have a full bearing throughoutthe length of the slits, thus allowing the seams of the barrel to bemade close and tight. A sufficient number of these veneers or slabsheets having been prepared, they are each then bent into the form of abarrel, and bound with two or more contracting trusshoops. These hoopshave the efi ect of drawin g the slabs or staves together closely asthey shrink in drying, so that when the wood becomes Well seasoned theshape of the barrel is retained, and with sufficiently tight seams forordinary uses. The contracting hoops can then be removed, and the barrelfinished with the ordinary round or flat hoops.

By the use of these slabs or veneers of boiled or steamed lumber inconstructing barrels a great saving is effected in time and expense.

-It is well known that the process of steaming,

by opening the pores of the material steamed, facilitates the passage ofmoisture from its interior, and renders it capable of drying morequickly. Lumber so treated is easily worked, and is not apt to crack andcheck when being made into staves for barrels.

Hayingthus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent of the United States A barrel or other wooden vesselmade, in the manner herein described, from slabs of boiled or steamedlumber cut to the proper length, and having longitudinal kerfs formed ineach end, then bent into the required shape, and retained therein bymeans of elastic hoops until properly seasoned.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this14th day of April, 1874.

ISRAEL HOGELAND. Witnesses:

THOMAS L. AXTELL, CHARLES OONGDON DnNNIs.

